Police car vandalized, officer assaulted during Antioch sideshows
Sideshow spectators in Antioch could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Hundreds show up for sideshows across Bay Area cities on Cinco de Mayo
Sideshows cropped up throughout the Bay Area – in Oakland, San Jose and Santa Rosa – on Cinco de Mayo, as crowds whipped out their cell phones to watch cars doing donuts and driving recklessly on city streets.
Sideshow spectators could face hefty fine under new ordinance in Pittsburg
The East Bay city of Pittsburg has a new tool in its effort to prevent large sideshow gatherings in its city.
Sideshows popping up all over San Francisco leave residents on edge
SFPD said they are investigating three separate sideshows that happened over the weekend in San Francisco. Residents said they are nervous about the recent increase in sideshow activity in the city.
San Francisco sideshow takes over downtown streets
An overnight sideshow took over the streets of downtown San Francisco, according to residents who live in the area. Video captured the cars screeching in the intersection, narrowly missing spectators.
San Jose sideshow driver strikes officer, rams patrol car, police say
A driver fleeing from police on a day of multiple sideshows in San Jose allegedly rammed into a patrol car and hit an officer who was on foot, police said Monday.
Reckless driving in residential Livermore leads to shooting
A 40-year-old man was shot and wounded while trying to get the license plate of a reckless driver in a Livermore neighborhood, a day after a sideshow in the same neighborhood.
San Jose sideshows: 3 seriously injured as spectators aim gunfire at SJPD helicopter
San Jose police said three people were seriously injured during illegal sideshows Saturday night.
Man at Oakland sideshow dies after shooting
Oakland police are investigating shootings that occurred in an Oakland sideshow Saturday morning, killing one man and injuring two others.
Oakland police make arrests, impound cars after sideshow
Oakland police arrested three people, recovered two firearms, and impounded three vehicles in response to an illegal sideshow that officers say turned violent over the weekend.
Video shows car hitting crowd during downtown Oakland sideshow
Police are investigating a Friday night sideshow in downtown Oakland. A video shows one person was hit by a car during the sideshow.
Benicia sideshow leads to one arrest; stores in area robbed and vandalized
Police say 300 people attended a sideshow in Benicia and one person was arrested for alleged reckless driving and possession of a controlled substance. Some businesses were vandalized and burglarized by people who attended the sideshow, police said.
Sideshow disturbs usually quiet San Francisco neighborhood
A sideshow overtook the streets of a quiet San Francisco neighborhood, worrying residents that this could become common.
Driver doing donuts hits light pole, gets arrested
A driver performing stunts in a parking lot ran into trouble by running into a light pole.
Police break up sideshows in San Francisco's West Portal neighborhood
The notorious illegal car shows known as sideshows are moving into some of San Francisco's quieter neighborhoods. Sideshows took place on the west side of town, almost at the same time.
California enacts law to suspend driver's licenses of illegal sideshow participants
A new law in California imposes a harsher punishment for those who participate in illegal sideshows.